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I I jVI I i I. WF T HEWSEVANGELISTS CITES HITS RAPPED AS Ministers To-day Inclined To Be Indolent, Declares Moderator of Northern Church. The Rev. Dr. Mark Allison Mat thews, famous Georgian and pastor of the largest Presbyterian church in America, if not the world, will ar rive in Atlanta Wednesday lo take charge as moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbytery which U. S. A. (Northern church) holds its first formal session Thursday. Dr Matthews, who is at the head of the church in Seattle, Is a native of t'alhoun, Ga.. where he was born September 24. 18fl7. Since ordained • t Ringgold at the age of 19, his ca reer has been meteoric. Being of an analytical mind. Dr. ( Matthews has devoted much of his time to ascertaining the weaknesses of his church and with the openirrg of the present assembly it is ex pected he will make strong recom mendations which will tend to bring ■bout vast changes in the system of *ork carried on by Presbyterian ec clesiastics. Faults Cited. In an extended interview published in the New York Sun. the noted preacher ascribes the following weak nesses to his church: “Ministers are indolent They haven’t* bosses to see that they at tend tp business. "40,000 elders of the Presbyterian church neglect their duty. ’>liniiiters dictate two sermons eaoh week and throw them in the fire once they are preached, having decided years ago to have a ‘barrel.' “Ministers have ‘doubts' and at times need advice. “They do not teach love of work rft home and at school. “Preachers should instruct parents how to bring up their children.” The Sun Article'quotes Dr. -Mat thews in ctfplahatibn of the state ment. as follows: , “‘A preacher gets up in the morn ing when ho pleases and goes to bed at night when he feels like it. No whistle reminds him of his coming tasks. One of my assistants one time took four hours in which to at tend a funeral. 1 attended one later in 20 minutes though the distance covered was just tpe same as the other.” •• IV.e have 40.000 elders in the I chuivh. Mostly they loaf. They i i don't do any ruling these days. If s member is caught taking a cock- ; tall, we don’t haul him before the ruling elders but we say: Brother we ask you not to do it again.’ In this way the elders do not rule. “Elders Do Not Work.” “^Presbyterianism would grow eas- • . fly it the elders worked. If the ; 20,W0" teams - bVought in one mem- i ber each week, even, the » jlurch would i grow at the rate of 80,000 converts ! a rponth. In. 1912 only 73,000 per sons Joined the Presbyterian church. “ ‘Preachers. I heard when I was a boy. kept their; sermons in a bar rel. I have been afraid to trust myself y ith a' barrel. I knew that 1 would' dip into it occasionally and later (tipping would become a habit. Befoge -one kjiqws It, sermon writing becchnes a hard labor and is shirked whenever ‘possible.;’ ” Dr. Matthew^ declared it his opin ion that the combination of all Chris tians into f a common church would never be accomffliPhed. •• ‘The world is growing better. Hu manity's, sentiment is improving. 1 saw a- United States judge impeach ed a short time ago. A few years flgft,he wdUlrt have gone unwMpped for l\is crime. Yet 1 do not think it would be a good idea for religious work to be combined. I think that ail Presbyterian churches should come together, though.’’’ Dr. Matthews is a man of giant stature. His church in Seattle has a membership of 7,01)1) persons. There are fifty ushers on the main fiooi and in‘the gallery of the. building Seventy-one singers are in the choir. Among the membership of the con gregation are included Japanese. Chinese and Coreans. Since 1902. the church has paid off a debt of $2r>.600. Dr. Matthews' first congre gation numbered 16 persons. BLAST ROCKS COUNTRYSIDE. CUMBERLAND. MD„ May 14.—A great explosion of dynamite occurred | at Eckhart. near here, this* morning, j killing two persons, demolishing sev eral houses and breaking windows in ©uses within a radius of half a mile. SHIRKERS Rev. W. C. Crofts Arraigns the ern Methods of Revival Work at Pre-Assembly Meeting. A scathing arraignment of the. modern methods of evangelistic work was delivered by the Rev. W. (\ Crofts before the joint meeting of delegates to the General Assembly of the Presbytery in the North Avenue Presbyterian Church at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. The gathering formed the pre-as sembly of the visitors to discuss evangelism and was attended by many other noted speakers. The church was thronged. The Rev. Mr. Crofts, who is from Rock River, took the place of the Rev. William Russell, of Pittsburg, who was scheduled to deliver the principal address, but failed to arrive in Atlanta in time to be present at the meeting. Charges Aotual Shirking. Mr. Crofts, on taking the pupit, opened his address with a denuncia tion of the half-hearted manner in which evangelistic work was carried on. He accused evangelists of lack of energy in soul-saving and in some instances charged actual shirking of the duties which they had assumed. Dr. Crofts then took up the work of the Presbytery at its Rock River conference, detailing the various methods that assembly had pursued, and ended In recommending that such tactics be applied to the evangelistic work throughout the country. “The majority of evangelistic work ers are half-nearted.” declared Dr. Crofts. They do their work in a makeshift manner and in some cases I have discovered downright shirking of the duties which lay plainly before them.” Sees Room for Improvement. At present the majority of evan gelistic committees, from what work they are now doing, are accomplish ing mighty little in comparison with the vast amount of good they could do if they really worked. “At the Rock River conference an effort was made to ameliorate these conditions. . For 27 weeks the meet ing held forth and at the end of that 3,000 Arrive for Great Presbyterian Assemblies +•+ +•+ +#+ +•*!• *!*••!- +•*{* Delegates in Pre-Convention ‘Get-Together’ Meet Atlanta Homes Thrown Open to Thousands of Visitors From All Over United States. Continued From Page 1. actually. The so-called radicals or Progressives, whichever they ciioo^>* to call them, nie merely creatures «*f tne m|nds "f tkfi branch ©f the is sembly which would keep in vogue the practices of 50 years ago. The • is not the slightest chance that the work of our homo board will be cur tailed, and I look for a complete vic tory of the Progressive forces.*’ T>r. Mi Kibbin is regarded as strict ly « conservative, being the head of Rev. Charles Scanlan, temperance lecturer and prominent figure in the Presbyterian Assemblies -1 V y > STARVATION PIT 8ili!ES H! HUMAN SIDELIGHTS ON PRESBYTERIAN MEET Radicals and Conservatives Getting Together, Says Stelsle—No More Heresy Trials. Rev. H. T. Mitchelmore Declares Church Faces Problem of Giv- i ing Pastors Living ^Vage. “Many ministers of the gospel, while showing their floe tin the way into Jieaven, arc finding it mighl> difficult to provide for themselves a | respectable existence here on ea»h ’| This was the manner in which the | Rev. il. T. Mitel Wednesday on (hr that el mart time plans for a veritable campaign of soul-saving were inaugurated. ’Schools for this purpose were cre ated and the graduates are now be ing sent all over the country to churches that can not afford to se cure evangelists in choir revival meetings. Already the Rock River conference is planning for greater and far-reaching work to be done at its meeting next year. Others who spoke at the morning meeting were Dr. C. W. McGuire, of Indiana: Rev. George E. Raitt, of Pittsburg, chairman of the commit tee of the United Presbytery of Pitts burg. and the Rev. C. R. William son, of Chester, Pa. DINGER IN MEAT EATING Medical Reports Show That Peo ple Who Eat Much Meat Are Susceptible to Typhoid Fever. The death rate of Typhoid has been 10 per cent for many years. Even if patient recovers, there is danger — Weakened constitution, languid ness, loss of energy and other after-effects In a majority of causes typhoid fever is directly" traceable 'to an Inactive liver which has refused to clear away the masses of meat particles left undigested in the alimentary canal. This mass pu trefies and sends.out death-deal ing poisons, to result in typhoid fever. JACOBS' LIVER SALT is the greatest known liver stimulant. Its action is gentle, yet effective. It draws water to the alimentary tract, flushes the stomach and bowels, washes away the undi gested meat par tides and removes the danger of fermentation. The blood is purified through the re newed activity of the liver. JACOBS' LIVER SALT does not cause nausea and vomiting, and there are no dangerous ‘after-ef fects as with calomel.- Don’t take an inferior substitute; many imi tate the name, but can not pro duce the same natural, flushing avtior. vf the genuine JACOBS’ LIVER SALT. At all druggists. 25c. If your druggist can not, sup- ply you. we will mail full size jar ! upon receipt of price, postage free ; Made and guaranteed by Jacobs ■ Pharmacy Co.. Atlanta. Christian Education Conference Is Begun The pre-assembly conference on education which is being held under the direction of the executive com mittee of Christian education and ministerial relief, will continue in session throughout Wednesday. The conference is being held in the First Baptist Church, but the closing ses sion will be held Wednesday even ing in Harris Presbyterian Church, and in that session representatives of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., and of the United Presbyterian Church will be present, as well as those of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Knox Montgomery. D.D.. president of Muskingum College. New Concord. Ohio, and Rev. T. S. Clyce, D.D., of Sherman, Tex., pres ident of Austin College, will be the speakers. The subjects to be pre sented in the addresses are “The, Bi ble in the College’’ and “Comity and Co-operation.” The two sessions of this conference held on Tuesday were occupied with the discussion of questions: "How best to assist poor boys and girls of the church to secure a higher ed ucation'' and “How to maintain n thoroughly Christian atmosphere in the Christian (Church). College.” Both sessions were occupied for the most part with free, in forma: discussion and open conference fea tures in which many of the delegates took part. The principal emphasis was placed upon the necessity for giving the Bible and religious services promi nence in all of uie educational w ? ork of the church, and also to secure m?n of positive Christian character as numbers of the faculty. To Pay Fair Claims. COLUMBUS.—To wind up the af fairs of the Georgia-Alabama Fair Association for the vast year Presi dent Brooks, of ihe association, has announced that he will pay all claims against the association and begin ©reparations for the 1913 fair. White City Park Now Open Ponce DeLeon Rink Now ; Open. Lane Seminary, jpst as Dr. Alexan der is regarded as an exponent of‘the most conservative element, largely because of his affiliations with Princeton, and the fact that he is a Princeton graduate. There will be. approximately 900 commissioners at the Baptist Taber nacle Tuesday afternoon when the balloting for moderator begins. From every direction special trains are rolling into Atlanta bearing dele gates to the Presbyterian joint as sembly. In addition to the specials, each regular train carries extra coaches to accommodate the heavy travel Atlantaward. The delegates come from every 'State in the Union and practically every country in th- world. Probably 200 delegates had reached Atlanta by Wednesday morning. Be fore night this number was expected to have passed the 3,000 mark. Fully 4.000 delegates will be in attendance when the joint meeting begins Thurs day morning. To accommodate this influx of visi tors the people of Atlanta have thrown open the doors* of their homes, and every visitor will be accorded true Southern hospitality. The local committees, almost entirely laymen, were worked day and night to pre pare for the convention. Every de nomination in Atlahta has joined with the local Presbyterians, and delegates are being entertained in the homes of people of every doctrine. When the pre-assembly conference convened • at 10 o’clock VVednesda> in the North Avenue Presbyterian Church, the greatest convention in the history of the Presbyterian Church began. This conference was under the direction of the Evangel istic Committees of the General As semblies with Chairman Rev. Charles Huston, of the 1’. S. A. Committee, presiding. All-Day Conference. The conference has no bearing at all on the actual work o,f the assem blies. and the discussions were to a great degree Informal. As' only a small number of the delegate - have yet arrived in Atlanta, but will be reaching here on practically every train during the day, this conference is an all-day affair with both lunch and dinner served in the church par lors. A buffet luncheon was served at noon. Dinner will be at-6 o’clock After dinner there will be a “free- for-all” discussion. Afternoon speakers were the R. y Robert R Bigger. Presbytery of Cleveland; Rev. W. R. Dobyns, U. F. Assembly. St. Joseph. Mo.. R-v George Gordon Many, recording sc*' - retary. U. ^ A Assembly’s evnn gellstic committee, '.nd the Rev. John R. Davjs, Presbytery . f Philadelphia The conference is a get-together meeting. While each speaker has been assigned a subject, still ea > h subject has been selected with the idea of developing free discussion along the lines of general 'church work in connection with evangelis tic work. The fact that the three great as semblies of the Presbyterian Church are meeting here at once lias caused a wave of taik relating to the three branches uniting into one compact body, and such a union in the near future is being freely pre dicted by men high in the church. Presbyterian Merger Likely. "Union of the branch of the Pres byterian <’hurch intc one huge body Is something which we may undoubt edly look for in the next few years," said the Rev. George Gordon Mahy, recording secretary of the U. S. A. Assembly’s evangelistic committee, to a Georgian reporter. “The fact that we have gathered in Atlanta gives reason for this belief, it illus trates the fact that the various branches of the church are getting in closer touch with each other. There are but a few of the very small things that cause one branch to dif fer from another at present. Two of the branches sing hymns: the other blanch sings psalms lJndoubtedt> some agreement could be arrived it in- this regard, and I believe that ul timately we will see the entire hod; of Presbyterians working in unison under the same organization. “As a matter of fact, I believe we are approaching the time when all Protestant churches will be aligned. In Canada the question of all Protes tant churches uniting is being work ed out; the different ideas of faith are being worked into one, and before long we may look for one Protestant church in Canada. “Personally. 1 long to see the day when all Protestant churches will be combined into one huge body working for the welfare of mankind and the* progress of Christianity.” Normal Institute to Cease Session Friday The Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute has announced its closing exercises for Friday evening in Cos mopolitan A. M. E. Church, Vine and Foundry Streets. The institution, conducted for he uplift of the negro race in this com munity. extends thanks to the gener ous c itizens of Atlanta who have con tributed to its support. Rev. Richard Orme Flinn will de liver the annual address and Rev. A. Eustace Day the benediction. The occasion will close with an address by Richard 1 >. Stinson, principal of the irvdltute. Mr*. Harriett Loudersky Rolader. 56 years ‘>ld, died at her home, 28 How ell Mill Road. Tuesday afternoon. She is survived by her husband, T. A. Rolader; two daughters, Mrs M. L Tumlin and Miss Bessie Rolader. and three sons. W. L.. T. C. and .1. M Rolader. The funeral win he held Thursday afternoon a» 2 o’clock at the Sardis (*hureh. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Hotels Filled With Visiting Churchmen The headquarters* of the local com mittees is one of the busiest places in the city. Rev. Jere Moore and J. K. Orr, in charge of arrangements, assisted by a number of prominent Atlantans, who, typifying the spirit that has made Atlanta respected wherever her name is mentioned, have shucked their coats and are working as registration clerks. Every commissioner and delegate registers at headquarters as soon as he arrives. Five hundred commis sioners will he given free entertain ment in Atlanta homes of all de nominations. and the refraining visit ing Presbyterians will he quartered at hotels. Every hostelry in the city 1? crowded, and with the large nmnbei yet to come, Atlanta hotels probably will face the problem of handling the largest crowd ever In the city. By Thursday morning, when tile assemblies hold their first sessions, it is thought that not less than 1.r>0< commissioners and 3,000 visitors will be here Lucian Knight, chairman of the lo cal souvenir committee, announced this morning that his work had been completed and the copies of the sou venir booklet can be obtained at the Central Presbyterian: Church on Wednesday night. The booklet con tains about lf>0 pages of Information about Atlanta, Georgia and the as semblies, and is profusely illustrated with photographs of Atlanta points of interest. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NAME STATE OFFICERS SAVANNAH. K GA., Ma; 14. Knights of Columbus commented tlon salaries are driving hundreds of young jiieti from th<- ministry. Dr. Miichei- more is associate pastor of the Firrt Presbyterian Church, Vff *Tavonu;, tVaj-ih.. the largest church of the city, and is in Atlanta to attend the Pres byterian Assemblies “Ifow can a minister support a family on a salary of not more than $8 or $10 a week?” he asked. “I* it any wonder that many ypurig^nen are .appalled by the p'rns^O't af*U fin ally decide to enter some'line of busi ness where a living income is pos sible?” Questions Cry for Answer. The questions asked -by the'* West ern' myuMer. are question tljat are crying to-day with a particular insist ence for an answer. Not only does the mini“t*r have the ad dal problem of actually mit/porting. his family on the small sum, out freinwhile he must try to be absorbed in his work although constantly discouraged by debt and the hopelessness of the out look. Another serious item, is that while grocery bills, general trade bills, etc!, must be met and paid with a)nie de gree of regularity, many ministers are compelled to wall patiently until the church treasurer gets around to pay them. And this $8 nr lift a week salary is given a man after he has obtained a professional education requiring years of study. , ** Tin* solution must come in an ad justment of salaries about th* coun try." said Dr. Mitchelmore. “"A makeshift solution is afforded now by the poorly paid ministers engaging in some ‘side line.’ but this solution is obviously unsatisfactory. In some instances, loyal wives* have pieced out the sleftder salaries by raising chickens or by adopting some simi lar plan. “These devices, however, bring ns no nearer the needed reform The church must awake to the, /act that it owes its ministry a decent living*. There must be a general awakening about the country. 1 am not saying that there has been no improvement.. The reform has begun, but it must be hastened “Neither as I saying that conditions' are bad everywhere. On the con trary. in my part of the.country the ministers for the most part are fairly well paid, but in other sections I know that they get salaries that a day laborer would not be expected to live upon. And yet the. minister is compelled to dress better and his family.is obliged to maintain a more expensive social life than theklaV la borer and his family. Presbyterians Best Paid. “The Presbyterian ministers prob ably have less cause to octnplain than those of any. other denomination. They are known as the highest paid of any of the Protestant ministries. Still I know of opportunities for'im provement. . “The trouble has been that wdiiU^ the cost of the necessities ol life has been mounting steadily, the sala ries of the nation’s preachers hayd.re mained at practically the same level they were fifteen years ago. There has been some increase,*but not pro portionate to the rise in the cost of living. “My father got $700 or $800 as a minister in his younger years, but that was equivalent to $1,200 in 1913. Starting more recently in our re ligious life in the We: i. we have not been so bound by the small salaries of a half century ago as they have in the East and Middle West. In spite of this 1 have encountered many min isters who were barely able to sup port themselves and families. “One of my kicks' is that I find in so many rural communities that far mers making .the equivalent of $3,000 or $4,000 a year force their ministers to live on $300 or $400 and can not understand why the ministers, after a few' years of futile endeavor, for sake their (’ailing in Absolute despair, it Is a crime and a disgrace!’* To Thrash Onion Out. That the question of a union will be proposed during, the session is re garded as an absolute absurdity. This, it is expected, will first be suggested in the Southern Presbyterian Assem bly and committees appointed • to meet with committees from the other two assemblies. * Whether it will be adopted at this session is regarded as'a bit doubtful, many of the prominent, ministers in attendance believing it would be best to go slowly in the matter, and, w hile favoring union, to thoroughly thrash the matter out and not perfect the union until ti e next year or so. There are many who favor an immediate transforming into one body and of thrashing out the* various problems as body complete. No Candidate for Southern Moderator. By REV. CHARLES STEL2LE. Dr. Mark A* Matthews. na tive Georgia m now' of Seattle, “the tall pine of the Sierras"— he’s about six feet six In height. anti weighs not much over, well, he doesn't w eigh as much as a man of his height Is supposed to weigh —retiring Moderator o f t h e Northern P r e 8 b y t erian Assembly, has during the year that he’s been *M od e rator aroused m 1 n- gling emotions in the minds of the men of his denomination. Some of them have come to the conclusion that lie's a “common scold,” w'hi’e others believe him to be the greatest Moderator that the church has ever had—so take your choice. But after the last word has beer, said concerning him. everybody will agree that Dr. Matthews has gone into more things and stirred up more people than any other Moderator In the memory of this generation. This ma\ not be saying very much, hut most men will admit that his activity has resulted in a good deal of eerlous thinking on the part of the church with regard to some pretty big prob lems—and this has been worth while. The solsolidation of the Southern Presbyterian Assembly with the United ITesbyterlan Assembly seems to hinge very largely upon whether the United Presbyterians can agree Upon some kind of a proposition with reference to their attitude toward >ccret orders, the singing of Psalms and “close communion." There’s no doubt that a way qut will be found by the tine big men who are serving on thn committees representing the two bodies. It's a frlghtv interesting thing in looking hack upon the history of the church to note how the positions which were at one time regarded as * xtremeiy radical by the church a* larg< were later Indorsed and fought for b\ the conservatives—after the progressives had gone on still fur ther. the conservatives suffering and sa< ritlclng for these former radical doctrines and practices, as though they them®* Ives had originated them. There'll he no more heresy trials in thr Presbyterian (’hurch—this may be at rented as a foregone conclusion. There'may he and probably should be differences of opinion among church men with regard to theological ques tions. but more and more these differ ences are coining to he respected, so long as the common belief of the en tire grouf> of churchmen leans them to the Master whom they unitedly ■serve. Some (lav, out of ail thltj ( dis- ■< iiSsfon.' the church will accept 'as a “(’tifistijin!’ the man or the woman Mm "tHicepits the purpose of Jesus, and seeks to bring in the kingdom of Gbd." For, after All, this is the big thing that must dominate every man who calls himself a “Uhristlan.” and it will take in a good many who are now outside the church, and who will not come into it, because they can not .■tcoepr some of the doctrines which they 'fear will be forced upon them by the church. Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, of New York, who speaks to-night at the [pre-assembly missionary conference on “City Problems.' is one of the most influential ministers of any de nomination in the metropolis. He is pastor of what would probably be called “a rich man’s church," but the fine thing about it is that Dr. Coffin h;«s got into it many of the kind of folks who are called “working peo ple’’ This has been done mostly through the way that he has regard ed these laborers as just “folks." He hasn't segregated them and patron ized them and made them feel that they were an inferior lot of citizens of different (dood. but he has suc ceeded in making them understand that they were actually “brothers" working in a common cause, and this, by the way. is no small job. Dr. Cof fin is also a professor at Union Theo logical Seminary, in New York, w here he helps train the students to do his kind of a job in real man-fashion His seven-minute address on social service at the great missionary con ference in Edinburg, Scotland, two years ago. was one of the big features of this gathering of world leaders. Thirty-five negro commissioners are in the three assemblies. As 41 invitations have come to the hospital ity committee from local people, ne groes, of course, stating that they wish to entertain “negro commissioners . only," it relieves this committee of some embarrassment, and tt also means that the negro commissioners will be made comfortable. There’s a very remarkable trans formation taking place In the sub jects being discussed at these As sembly meetings. In former days considerable time was consumed n the presentation of abstract theories, concerning theological questions and matters of law and procedure. Now it must be admitted that theology and law are perfectly proper sub jects to be talked about in a church convention, and rhoae now in session In Atlanta will spend some time in discussing them. But there's a disposition to de-« part not only from these subjects, but also from mere "inspirational addresses.’’ “We’re tired of Inspira tional addresses—we want, to know" how to get on the job," was the way a Presbyterian elder put it. And this expresses precisely what the Assemblies are doing. Even some of the laymen and the trained sociologists are being Jolted by the way that committees and commis sioners of the Assembly talk about “efficiency experts," “purchasing agents," "survey work.’ “publicity; campaigns ' and similar subjects. The exhibits of the various board# of the Church at this Assembly equal any and excel most of the purely so-* ciological exhibitions of recent days in any city in the United States. They may not be so extensive al though this is due entirely to the lack 9 of space, but in quality they havo I not been beaten. The expert staff j men on these boards in charge of I special departments are recognized j as the equal of men employed by ' purely social service agencies. In deed. they are often consulted as ex perts by these agencies. All this is a hopeful sign of the Limes. While warmly sympathetic toward the more emotional side of religion known as "evangelistic work,” these men are demonstrating that a religion which is concerned about the hereafter rday at the sane* tin& be interested In the affairs of the here and now. Awaiting the Joyful Sound The Wonderful Music That Bursts Forth When the Stork Arrives. That funny little brassy cry that schors the arrival of the new baby is "Law Brother* for Quality M 1 Georgia, in annual convention here, elected of ficers. selected Augusta as the next place of meeting and transacted other business. The State officers are: Deputy, U. Morgan, Macon; treasurer. John J. Powers, Savannah; secretary. J. .J. Tarleton, Augusta; advocate, M. (\ Carroll, Atlanta; warden, G. J. Burrus Columbus; delegates to national con vention. C. M. Morgan and R. A. Mc Gill, Atlanta, alternates. M. C. Car- roll and M. c. Powers. RICHMOND’S GRAND JURY FAVORS SALARY SYSTEM AUGUSTA, GA.. May 14.—The! Richmond County Grand Jury has recommended that the Solicitor of the City Court and the Solicitor Gen eral of ♦ he Superior Court be placed on salaries of $3,000 each, instead ot receiving fees The county i.s losing at least $10,000 a year, it is estimat ed. because of the fee system in these offices. Everything is opening session in he General As- settrftly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, familiarly called the Southern Presbyterian Chun h, in North Avenue Church Thursday morning at J1 o'clock. The retiring moderator of the as sembly, tlv* Rev. L S. < 'lyce, D.D.. i( Sherman? Tex , will preach the open ing sermon. Following the sermon the sacrament of the Lord's SUpt w-ili be admin tor and tempo ciHi Several commissioners are promi nently mentioned for moderator, hut there are no candidates. It Is likely that .<♦ least four commissioners w-ill be placed in nomination, and that several ballots will be necessary. Special interest centers • about re ports, regarding the possibility of the union of the chiirehes and the basi? upon which this union might be ef fected. Little mote will be done bv this assembly. It Is not likely that a positive step toward a merger will be taken at this timev cd. Tile modera** clerk will then he perhaps the most cherishsd remem- i»ran< e of our lives. And thousands of | happy mothers owe their preservation to health and strength to Mother’s Friend. I T his is an external remedy that is ap plied to the abdominal muscles. It re lieves all the tension, prevents tender ness and pain, enables the muscles to expand gently and, when baby comes. I the muscles relax naturally,.the form is j preserved without laceration or other ! I accident. I you will find Mother's Friend on sale I Rt almost any drug store, as It Is one of ihe standard, reliable remedies that grandmothers everywhere have relied upon. With Its daily use during the period >f expectation, there is no weakness, nc nausea, no morning sickness, no pain, distress or strain of any kind. Its in fluence is truly remarkable, as it pene trates the tissues and renders them pliant and easily governed by the de mands of nature You will be surpHs^d , at its wonderful effect and what a grateful relief it affords. Especially to young women Mother's i Friend is one of th* greatest of all help ful influences. You will find this wonderful remedy on *al** at the store where you trade, or rh'ev will get it for you. It Is prepared bv Bradfleld Regulator Company. 138 Lamar Building. Atlanta, Ga Write them for a very valuable book to ex- J pec tarn mothers. Straws! r T'S high time to “got 1 busy” and choose yours! A season of ‘‘new things” in Straw Hats—this store, as us ual, is ready to meet every demand. Stylish Straws for men and young men. Sennits and Splits $2.(111 to S5.IHI Bangkok* and Panamas $6.00 and $6.50 Elegant New $1.50 Shirts! \\7 E direel special at- * v tention to our window display of g p n- tlemen's $1.50 Shirts- a modest price—but a collection of Summer Negligees that are styl ish and worthy through and through, from the world's foremost shirt makers. See them and you’ll buy them! The New Oxfords A LL the new styles, inclu ding the popular English rubber heel and sole oxfords— the prices range from $4 to $6. , 5*« Our Window Display, k i